Chapter 644: German-Soviet War (1)

In the original time and space, the Soviet-German War was a surprise attack by the German army on the Soviet Union, which caught the Soviet army off guard, causing heavy losses to the Soviet army, which was caught off guard and collapsed thousands of miles away, and fell into a serious passive situation.

Ironically, there were already various intelligence reports at that time showing that the German army was about to attack the Soviet Union. Since January 1941, the Soviet intelligence agency had received intelligence that the German army was about to attack the Soviet Union. In March, intelligence channels from the German high-level provided clear intelligence. In April, signs of large-scale German army gatherings were found on the border. In May, emergency alarms were submitted like snowflakes. However, all of this was identified by Stalin as false intelligence and a conspiracy by Britain to provoke relations between Germany and the Soviet Union.

Stalin even admonished his generals in this way. "You must understand that Germany will never take the initiative to attack the Soviet Union. If you dare to provoke at the border or mobilize troops without authorization, watch out for your head!"

"Go tell your intelligence officer at the German Air Force headquarters to go to hell. This is not intelligence at all, it is spreading rumors." Five days before Germany attacked the Soviet Union, when the People's Commissar of International Security presented Stalin with intelligence from Soviet spies, Stalin answered confidently and rudely.

As for why Stalin was so indecisive, there are many reasons.

First of all, Germany's "smoke bomb" was indeed very well made. Before the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, Germany created a lot of false intelligence, confusing the Soviet high-level officials. A series of actions are probably still a textbook of disguise in the history of war to this day.

On the one hand, the German army launched air strikes on the British mainland day and night, and the targets of the attacks changed from strategic industrial cities to large cities with large populations, attempting to completely extinguish the fighting spirit of the British military and civilians and defeat the enemy without fighting. On the other hand, the German army kept publicizing that it was about to launch an attack on the British mainland, deployed a large number of English translators in the army, and printed maps of the United Kingdom. The army was mobilized to the Eastern Front with great fanfare, and deliberately released the voice claiming to confuse the British army, making the British army mistakenly believe that the German army was about to attack the Soviet Union, and then the German army would suddenly attack the British mainland.

Secondly, the Soviet high-level leaders headed by Stalin believed that the Germans would learn from the lessons of the First World War and avoid fighting on two fronts. Therefore, before Britain surrendered or fell, the German army would not take the initiative to launch an attack on the Soviet Union.

In the First World War, Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire suffered from fighting on two fronts and could not concentrate their forces to defeat either side. They could not break through the British blockade at sea and struggled for four years. Although they survived until the revolution broke out in Russia and withdrew from the war, they were also scarred and ended in failure. Based on the lessons of history, Stalin firmly believed that Germany would not repeat the same mistakes and there was nothing wrong with it.

Moreover, in the early days of World War II, the relationship between Germany and the Soviet Union was indeed very good. The Soviet Union and Germany not only divided Poland and Eastern Europe according to relevant agreements, but Germany also provided a lot of technical support to the Soviet Union, and even provided many of the most advanced technologies that had just been developed to the Soviet Union free of charge. The Soviet Union also provided a lot of strategic resources to Germany. The trade between the two countries was very frequent. The Soviet and German armies were brothers and played well together. The Soviet Union had no reason not to believe that the friendship between Germany and the Soviet Union would continue.

A combination of various reasons made Stalin repeatedly misjudge the situation. Although Soviet intelligence officer Sorge had sent news from Japan in advance that the German army would attack the Soviet Union in late May 1941, Stalin still believed that this was a divisive plot by Britain and the United States to provoke a war between the Soviet Union and Germany, so no effective measures were taken. It was not until the late night of June 21, 1941, before the German army was about to attack the Soviet Union, that German defectors provided intelligence that the German army was about to attack the Soviet Union. Stalin reluctantly believed that the German army was really coming and ordered the front-line military districts to prepare.

The Soviet frontline officers and soldiers received the order that "the German army may launch a war tonight, and the army must secretly enter the relevant fortresses and fortresses and make necessary preparations." It can be seen that Stalin was still skeptical about the German army launching a war at this time. At this time, there were only a few hours before Germany launched an attack. On the other side of the border, the German army had concentrated 5.5 million troops, 4,000 tanks and 5,000 aircraft.

On June 22, Operation Barbarossa gave Stalin a loud slap in the face. After receiving the news of the German invasion, Stalin was furious and cursed. "Lenin left us a great legacy, but we - his successors - made a fucking mess."

Stalin never publicly admitted that he had made a mistake in judgment. This sentence should be regarded as his closest expression to admitting his mistake. Of course, this sentence is another level of putting the responsibility on the leadership collective.

As a result, the Soviet army suffered heavy losses in the early stages of the war and almost lost Moscow. Although they won the final victory, they paid tens of millions of lives for it. This was a victory exchanged for flesh and blood.

Now, everyone knows that a war is about to break out between the Soviet Union and Germany. The Soviet Union has gathered millions of troops on the border and is eyeing them covetously. In this case, it is a fantasy to launch a sneak attack. The only way to fight is to fight head-on.

If the time is right, it is fine to fight head-on, but the spring in Russia is famous for being a "roadless season", which is not suitable for marching, let alone mechanized troops. Therefore, Yannick agreed with Kruger's proposal to use defensive warfare to consume the Soviet army's manpower first.

The next morning, the Soviet army launched a full-scale offensive against the German defense line.

The first to be dispatched was the Soviet bomber formation.

It has to be said that Commander Pavlov's military talent is indeed mediocre. Knowing that the Soviet Air Force and even the US Army Air Force suffered a great loss from the German Air Force in the previous Georgia Air Battle, he still sent a large number of bombers and fighters to try to destroy the German front-line airport.

However, these planes were discovered by the German radar as soon as they took off, and they were intercepted by a large number of German fighters as soon as they crossed the border.

The Soviet Air Force, which was not even fully equipped with radios, was still crushed. Only a few Yak-1 or MiG-3 fighters struggled to entangle with German fighters.

"I'm bitten! Yuri! Help me!" A Yak-1 fighter pilot anxiously called his leader, as few of their new fighters were equipped with radios.

"Where are you? I can't see you!!" Yuri searched for a while before he saw the wingman being chased by an FW190. "Boris, dive and get rid of it!"

"I want to get rid of it too! The German planes are too fast, I can't get rid of them at all!" Boris yelled in embarrassment. The German fighter planes behind him were sticking to him like sticky candy, and he couldn't get rid of them no matter how hard he tried.

Yuri was about to step forward to help, but saw a series of tracer bullets streaking down from the sky, breaking Boris's canopy, and a large cloud of blood mist rose in the cockpit.

Before Yuri had time to feel sad, an FW190 fighter plane targeted him.

In less than an hour of confrontation, at least more than 200 Soviet aircraft of various models were destroyed, while the German Air Force suffered almost no losses.

According to Commander Pavlov's plan, the Soviet Air Force should destroy the German front-line airports and gain most of the battlefield air supremacy, at least in part.

Unfortunately, the plan is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

After knocking down several waves of invading Soviet aircraft in one breath, a large group of German bombers flew over the border. Because it was a short-range bombing, the German army sent out Stuka, Mosquito, and Il-27, and did not use strategic bombers.